| 2017 CWHL Draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date | August 20, 2017 |
| Location | Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, ON |
| Overview | |
| First selection | Courtney Turner |
The 2017 CWHL draft was the eighth in the history of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. It took place on August 20, 2017, marking the first time that the Draft involved Kunlun Red Star WIH, one of two expansion teams in the league,1 who are also joined by the Vanke Rays.
The list of prospects for the Draft included goaltender Noora Raty from Finland, forward Alex Carpenter and Melodie Daoust. All three were participants in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Courtney Turner was selected with the first overall pick in the draft, claimed by the Boston Blades.2
Selections by round
Round one
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team | Nationality | Former Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Courtney Turner | Forward | Boston Blades |  United States |
Union College |
| 1 | 2 | Kristyn Capizzano 3 | Forward | Toronto Furies |  Canada |
Boston College |
| 1 | 3 | Nicole Kosta4 | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
Quinnipiac University |
| 1 | 4 | Melodie Daoust4 | Forward | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
McGill University |
| 1 | 5 | Taryn Baumgardt4 | Defense | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
Quinnipiac University |
| 1 | 6 | Noora Raty | Goaltender | Kunlun Red Star WIH |  Finland |
Finnish National Team |
| 1 | 7 | Cayley Mercer | Forward | Vanke Rays | Canada |
Clarkson University |
| 2 | 8 | Robyn Chemago | Goaltender | Boston Blades | Canada |
Dartmouth College |
| 2 | 9 | Brittany Zuback | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
University of Vermont |
| 2 | 10 | Lindsay Grigg | Defense | Markham Thunder | Canada |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 2 | 11 | Lauren Beaulieu | Defense | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 2 | 12 | Kelly Murray | Defense | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 2 | 13 | Alex Carpenter | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 2 | 14 | Elaine Chuli | Goalie | Vanke Rays | Canada |
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| 3 | 15 | Bulbul Kartanbay | Forward | Boston Blades |  Kazakhstan |
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| 3 | 16 | Sydney Kidd | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 3 | 17 | Cassie Clayton | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 3 | 18 | Natalie Barrette | Defense | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 3 | 19 | Sophie Shirley | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 3 | 20 | Shiann Darkangelo | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 3 | 21 | Brooke Webster | Forward | Vanke Rays | Canada |
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| 4 | 22 | Amie Varano | Defense | Boston Blades |  Italy |
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| 4 | 23 | Shannon Stewart | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 4 | 24 | Devon Skeats | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 4 | 25 | Erin Noseworthy | Forward | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 4 | 26 | Lindsey Post | Goalie | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 4 | 27 | Stephanie Anderson | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 4 | 28 | Hanna Bunton | Forward | Vanke Rays | Canada |
Cornell University |
| 5 | 29 | Kaitlin Spurling | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 5 | 30 | Alexa Aramburu | Forward | Toronto Furies | United States |
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| 5 | 31 | Justin Treadwell | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 5 | 32 | Emilie Bouchard | Goalie | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 5 | 33 | Kayla Gardner | Forward | Calgary Inferno | United States |
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| 5 | 34 | Zoe Hickel | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 5 | 35 | Emily Janiga | Forward | Vanke Rays | United States |
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| 6 | 36 | Michelle Ng | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 6 | 37 | Cassidy Delainey | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 6 | 38 | Riana Langford | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 6 | 39 | Erin Hall | Defense | Boston Blades | Canada |
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| 6 | 40 | Kelty Apperson | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 6 | 41 | Taylor Marchin | Defense | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 6 | 42 | Ashleigh Brykaliuk | Forward | Vanke Rays | United States |
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| 7 | 43 | Meaghan Spurling | Defense | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 7 | 44 | Grace Klienbach | Forward | Toronto Furies | United States |
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| 7 | 45 | Cara Sayles | Forward | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 7 | 46 | Kelly Kittredge | Defense | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 7 | 47 | Lyndsay Kirkham | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 7 | 48 | Madison Woo | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | United States |
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| 7 | 49 | Emma Woods | Forward | Vanke Rays | Canada |
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| 8 | 50 | Eva Tataroglu | Defense | Boston Blades |  Turkey |
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| 8 | 51 | Michelle Evagelou | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 8 | 52 | Megan Delay | Defense | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 8 | 53 | Tracy-Ann Lavigne | Forward | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 8 | 54 | Anissa Gamble | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 8 | 55 | Melanie Jue | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | Canada |
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| 8 | 56 | Xin Fang | Forward | Vanke Rays |  China |
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| 9 | 57 | Kristen Embrey | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 9 | 58 | Maeve Kehoe | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 9 | 59 | Itsuki Baba | Defense | Markham Thunder |  Japan |
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| 9 | 60 | Marie-Soleil Deschênes | Goalie | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 9 | 61 | Kennedy Brown | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 9 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 63 | Qinan Zhao | Defense | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 10 | 64 | Erin Dwyer | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 10 | 65 | Audrey-Ann Boutour | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 10 | 66 | Maria Sorokina | Goalie | Markham Thunder |  Russia |
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| 10 | 67 | Cindy Laurin | Forward | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 10 | 68 | Megan Grenon | Defense | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 10 | 69 | Zhixin Liu | Defense | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 10 | 70 | Rose Alleva | Defense | Vanke Rays | United States |
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| 11 | 71 | Alison Quinn | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 11 | 72 | Alessandra Bianchi | Forward | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 11 | 73 | Anna Goulding | Defense | Markham Thunder | NZ$ | - |
| 11 | 74 | Lore Baudrit | Forward | Canadiennes de Montreal |  France |
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| 11 | 75 | Angela Burke | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 11 | 76 | Lu Wen | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 11 | 77 | Lauren Kelly | Defense | Vanke Rays | United States |
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| 12 | 78 | Sarah Park | Goalie | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 12 | 79 | Brooke Gibson | Goalie | Toronto Furies | Canada |
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| 12 | 80 | Carly Richardson | Goalie | Markham Thunder | Canada |
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| 12 | 81 | Shayna Dominique | Goalie | Canadiennes de Montreal | Canada |
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| 12 | 82 | Hayley Rodger | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 12 | 83 | Yuqing Wang | Goalie | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 12 | 84 | Minghui Kong | Forward | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 13 | 85 | Casey Stathopoulos | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 13 | 86 | Nicole Magee | Goalie | Toronto Furies | United States |
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| 13 | 87 | Krista Wilson | Forward | Calgary Inferno | Canada |
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| 13 | 88 | Siye He | Goalie | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 13 | 89 | Xin He | Forward | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 14 | 90 | Ashley Ryan | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 14 | 91 | Rui Zhu | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 14 | 92 | Yue Lyu | Forward | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 15 | 93 | Tayrn Harris | Defense | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 15 | 94 | Liying Yang | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 15 | 95 | Bo Wang | Defense | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 16 | 96 | Rachel Vigliano | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 16 | 97 | Wenzhuo Wang | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 16 | 98 | Yianyi Zhang | Goalie | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 17 | 99 | Megan Servaes | Defense | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 17 | 100 | Lixue Xing | Defense | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 17 | 101 | Hongxin Yan | Defense | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 18 | 102 | Gabriella Crugnale | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 18 | 103 | Yue Hou | Defense | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 18 | 104 | Jiachao Xu | Defense | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 19 | 105 | Casey Breese | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 19 | 106 | Naixin Zhou | Defense | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 19 | 107 | Han Gao | Forward | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 20 | 108 | Lizzie Averson | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 20 | 109 | Bowen Jiang | Forward | Kunlan Red Stars | China |
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| 20 | 110 | Jinqiu Xiao | Defense | Vanke Rays | China |
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| 21 | 111 | Cassandra Sherman | Forward | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 22 | 112 | Cassie Dunne | Defense | Boston Blades | United States |
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| 23 | 113 | Carolyn Campbell | Forward | Boston Blades | Canada |
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Transactions
- Pick 39 was traded from Montreal to Boston
- Pick 46 was traded from Montreal to Boston
References
References
- "Previewing the Prospects: Top CWHL Draftees at Each Position". www.thecwhl.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- "CWHL Welcomes 113 New Players in 2017 Draft". www.thecwhl.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- "Kristyn Capizzano And Alex Carpenter Taken In 2017 CWHL Draft". www.bcinterruption.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- "Former Dutchwomen Turner, Kehoe top picks in CWHL draft". unionathletics.com. Union Athletics. Aug 23, 2017. Retrieved Jun 9, 2026.